CHICAGO — The sliding Chicago Cubs positioned infielder Nick Madrigal on the 10-day injured checklist retroactive to Sept. 17 with a proper hamstring pressure, and recalled infielder Jared Young from Triple-A Iowa earlier than Tuesday evening’s recreation towards the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Madrigal, batting .263 with two dwelling runs and 28 RBIs in 92 video games, left within the tenth inning of Saturday’s 7-6, 13-inning loss at Arizona. He missed most of July with an analogous damage.

“We got some imaging and it’s worse than expected,” supervisor David Ross mentioned. “The same hamstring, just worse than we thought.”

Ross didn’t have a timetable for Madrigal’s return.

The Cubs (78-72) entered Tuesday having misplaced 5 straight and had been in a digital tie with Cincinnati for the third NL wild-card spot. Chicago has 12 video games remaining and the Reds have 10.

The Cubs are 2-8 since sweeping San Francisco in a three-game sequence and reaching a season-high 12 video games over .500 on Sept. 6.

The 28-year-old Young batted .310 with 21 homers and 72 RBIs in 90 video games for Iowa. In 13 video games with the Cubs earlier this season, he batted .171 with one homer and 5 RBIs.

Chicago already had a number of regulars on the injured checklist, together with infielder Jeimer Candelario (decrease again pressure), nearer Adbert Alzolay (proper forearm pressure), and right-handed reliever Michael Fulmer (proper forearm pressure).